Act 3, Part 1 Summary

This act is set three years after the conclusion of Act 2. Brand sits on the steps outside the parsonage. Agnes asks why he's spending so much time looking out at the water, and Brand explains that he's waiting for a message from his mother. The implication is that he's waiting for word that she's repented her sins and is ready to see him on his terms. Agnes urges him to go without getting a message, but Brand refuses. Agnes refers to him as hard, and Brand asks whether he's been hard to her. She says with a smile that he hasn't been. They then each suggest that the other is secretly afraid, and after Brand pushes her, Agnes admits that she's afraid for their son. Brand assures her that nothing will happen to him. They watch him peacefully sleeping, and Brand...